| COMPULSIVE | • compulsive adj. Uncontrolled or reactive and irresistible. • compulsive adj. Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion. • compulsive n. One who exhibits compulsive behaviours. |
| DISIMPROVE | • disimprove v. (Transitive, rare) to make worse. • disimprove v. (Intransitive, rare) to deteriorate. • disimprove v. (Informal, rare, influenced by the German verb verschlimmbessern) To try to make something better but… |
| EMPOVERISH | • empoverish v. Obsolete spelling of impoverish. • EMPOVERISH v. (obsolete) to make poor, also IMPOVERISH. |
| IMPERVIOUS | • impervious adj. Unaffected or unable to be affected by something. • impervious adj. Preventive of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable, particularly of water. • impervious adj. Immune to damage or effect. |
| IMPLOSIVES | • implosives n. Plural of implosive. • IMPLOSIVE n. an implosive consonant. |
| IMPOVERISH | • impoverish v. (Transitive) To make poor. • impoverish v. (Transitive) To weaken in quality; to deprive of some strength or richness. • impoverish v. (Intransitive) To become poor. |
| IMPROVISED | • improvised adj. Created by improvisation; impromptu; unrehearsed. • improvised v. Simple past tense and past participle of improvise. • IMPROVISE v. to compose and recite, or perform, without preparation. |
| IMPROVISER | • improviser n. One who improvises. • IMPROVISER n. one who improvises, also IMPROVISATOR, IMPROVISOR. |
| IMPROVISES | • improvises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of improvise. • IMPROVISE v. to compose and recite, or perform, without preparation. |
| IMPROVISOR | • improvisor n. Alternative form of improviser. • IMPROVISOR n. one who improvises, also IMPROVISATOR, IMPROVISER. |
| MISDEVELOP | • misdevelop v. To develop badly or wrongly. • MISDEVELOP v. to develop wrongly. |
| MISIMPROVE | • misimprove v. (Transitive, archaic) To use for a bad purpose; to misuse. • MISIMPROVE v. to make worse by would-be improvement. |
| OVERSIMPLE | • oversimple adj. Excessively simple; lacking the necessary complexity. • OVERSIMPLE adj. too simple. |
| OVERSIMPLY | • oversimply adv. In a way that is too simple; without the necessary detail or complexity. • OVERSIMPLE adv. too simple. |
| POSITIVISM | • positivism n. (Philosophy) A doctrine that states that the only authentic knowledge is scientific knowledge, and that… • positivism n. (Law) A school of thought in jurisprudence in which the law is seen as separated from moral values;… • POSITIVISM n. the doctrine that that which is not observable is not knowable. |
| PROMISSIVE | • promissive adj. Making or implying a promise. • PROMISSIVE adj. making a promise. |